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Foreword
It was November 3, 1992. President
George Bush Senior had just done a good job of doing very little right in his campaign for
a second term. A loud-mouthed Ross Perot managed to capture just enough votes, by
proclaiming that he would clean up Washington, to make a mess of things. And before you
knew it the era of Reagan was gone. William Jefferson Clinton took his baggage of lies,
corruption and sex offenses into the White House to defile Washington in a new and unique
fashion.
Those of us who were Reagan Republicans
were angry and devastated. I was beside myself. I remember soon after we were having a
discussion about religion and politics in Sunday school. When I brought up my contention
that Christians should be involved in society and making a difference one young man
asserted with all the authority he could muster up, "We need to focus on heavenly
things!" as if the affairs of men are no concern to God. At the same time this same
church was busily formulating an inclusive theology in order to conform to President
Clinton's efforts to normalize homosexuality and give special rights to gays.
It was not long before I turned to
Vanessa to complain about a society and church that would have sunk to such lows as to
elect such a scoundrel. She could see my helplessness and responded, "So write a
book."
This simple phrase changed the course of
the next eight years of my life. I ended out spending the bulk of my free time during the
Clinton Presidency logging down current events and researching subjects such as religion,
politics and US/Western History to get to the bottom of the matter.
Out of this intense time came five books
that I put under the umbrella of the title Gray Matter. The idea was that people
ought to put their minds into action and think about what they are doing rather than just
doing what the "feel" is right. For years this book has set on my shelf
unpublished. It was just too long!
And then it was, in April of 2012, after
more than a decade that I decided to dust off the pages and read the book once again. As I
was once thumbing through those pages that I began writing nearly 20 years before I came
to the realization that the story was really about a house divided. America is besieged by
an malevolent faction that is driving us all apart, American against American -- Christian
against Christian. As I delved deeper in this discovery I suddenly realized that if these
evil doers are allowed to continue with their divisive schemes unchecked that our nation
is doomed!
But thanks to the wonders of the
internet and self-publishing I have finally been able to release the results of this
intense effort. In wandering through these pages penned decades ago I have found that they
explain a lot of what we see going on in America and the world today. As it turned out,
the volumes of literature wound out being a prophecy of sorts as what I discovered was
unveiling in our culture has finally come to pass.
With that in mind, I pray that the
revelations that I uncovered during those morally dark times in American history will
prove of benefit to you as well. So read on and take the journey that transformed my
thinking regarding who God is and how He relates to individuals and the nations.
The first book looks into a pivotal
moment in American history that changed the world forever. It was a time when the United
States was on the brink of destruction. It was and era when an American prophet and
patriot stood up to eco the words of Christ: "A house divided cannot stand."
Today we live in a similar era today where America is torn asunder between truth and
error.
May God bless your endeavors to find the
truth.
Warning
This book is for those who intend to
take holiness seriously. To get anything out of it you must resolve to be decisive in your
view of God. If you are into playing church games or filling a pew with just another cold
body, then you must be ready to change your stance. If you embrace the theology of the
modernists who enables you to be the center of your own life, then you should be ready to
modify your opinion. If you deny the reality of the absolutes initiated by God from the
foundation of the world, then you will have to change your mind. If you are of the
persuasion that the interpretation of Scripture is a matter of opinion, then you will need
to correct your view. If you think that morality is a matter that is subject to the whims
of each individual, then I would have to wonder why you picked up this book to begin with!
If everything is relative in your mind,
then there is nothing we have to talk about. . . unless you are willing to consider
something that will challenge your entire belief system.
Now you can call it arrogant and
opinionated if you want, but the views of this book come from a conviction that transcends
my own personal views: it is predicated on a higher authority. If you, on the other hand,
are one of those who insist that truth is relative then you have no authority beyond
yourself; for it is according to yourself that you would measure everything that you
believe in.
* * *
Now, before we progress any further, I
owe it to you to offer another warning. You see, I am an avid fan of the cartoon strip
Calvin and Hobbes.
If you were not reading my book this
would not be a problem. However, since you are, you must understand from the very
beginning that you will be intermittently subjected to the perceptive wisdom of this wild
and mischievous tot. These instances will occur without any notice. They will pop unto the
page without any warning, to bewilder anyone who would become a critique of this
"very long book." And now is time to allow Calvin to interject. You have been
warned.
* * *
Calvin is laying down, bemused over his
current chore. In walks dad who announces, "OK Calvin, let's check over you math
homework."
"Let's not and say we did,"
the procrastinator replies.
It's time for the boy to get up and get
serious as dad demands, "Your teacher says you need to spend more time on it. Have a
seat."
"More time?!" Calvin protests.
"I already spent ten whole minutes on it! Ten minutes shot! Wasted! Down the
drain!"
Father will not be dissuaded. As his son
slinks down in disgust he begins, "You've written 8 + 4 = 7. Now you know that's not
right."
"So I was off a little bit. Sue
me."
"You can't add things that come out
with less than you started with!"
Now Calvin is perched up high. With his
one fist shaking while his other hand points to himself, he blurts, "I can do that!
It's a free country! I've got my rights!"
* * *
The reasoning of those who think that
rights and freedom is license to "do your own thing" just doesn't add up! But
people in our society are not use to hearing someone come out and say that there is only
one way of doing things. We are a nationality who is mostly concerned about rights. We
believe that if someone wants to believe or act in a particular way, that he has a
"right" to do it. Someone who comes out to declare that another is wrong is
subject to insults and labels that brand him as un-loving, bigoted, hateful, rebellious,
and definitely un-Christian. It's the way we think today!
* * *
"The more you know, the harder it
is to take decisive action," Calvin, the youthful philosopher, interjects as his
attentive friend stares in utter amazement.
"Once you become informed, you
start seeing complexities and shades of gray," Calvin continues with his hand resting
on the open book that has drawn his attention.
Then with arms extend outward in order
to underline his point, "You realize that nothing is as clear and simple as it first
appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing."
"Being a man of action, I can't
afford to take the risk," the astute logician concludes as he throws the book away in
utter delight.
This has left his tiger friend with his
head resting on his hand while peering up in space to assure his associate, "You're
ignorant, but at least you act on it."
* * *
So they say that "ignorance is
bliss." This unfortunately has been written into the constitution of the body of
Christ. And what is it they have made themselves purposely unaware of? What book has been
thrown out the door? It is the very piece of literature that rests on their laps every
Sunday morning in church. It is the Bible, the Word of God, the document that was written
by the hand of God to instruct them of who He is and how He can be related to.
Why is this so? How can it be that I
have the audacity to say that the Bible is being ignored even as it is being read
throughout our country; daily by everyone from pastors to laymen?
The answer lies in those two words,
"I think." America, and Christians in particular have forgotten what it is like
to believe in absolutes. Everything is seen as it is compared to the environment or
whatever else is convenient enough to allow them to do whatever they want. We look at the
Bible in our own way now. Nothing is as easy to comprehend since that we have progressed
in our knowledge. They ought to come out with the "gray letter addition" to the
Good Book, for that is how we see it in this age.
"The Bible is full of
complexities," they say, "and filled with shades of gray, making it seem far
less clear and simple as we once thought it to be." Yes, the approach of Calvin has
been administered by those who feel they can no longer take the risk of black-and-white.
If you are one of those out there who
believes that all knowledge, reality, and morality are subject to each man's
interpretation, may I share with you a story from my own childhood? The neighborhood in
which I grew up in was filled with primarily young boys. (Apparently, we were not an
equal-opportunity community.) In spite of this affront to the Women's Lib movement, the
situation provided some good team sports for this group of guys who lived to play ball.
Most of the time, we would pursue whichever sport was in fashion at the moment -- the most
daring being tackle football.
Now this endeavor was pursued barefoot
and in shorts to wherever our imagination would lead us. We bashed our shins on the brass
sprinkler heads at our local elementary school to the thrill of receiving that touchdown
pass. We broke our toes on the pavement of the street if we wanted to. We were the
Knoxville Knockers and we were ready for any challenge that awaited us.
Now there was one boy in our group who
just didn't seem to have a grip on the rules of the game. Basically, he made the
regulations up as he went along. So, in those rare times when we actually played touch
football, if he lodged a great run only to be "touched" by an opponent, he would
invariably come up with an unknown rule that would invalidate the efforts of those who
opposed him.
"You can't just touch me with your
fingertips," he would say in order to enlighten us all. "It has got to be with
the palm of your hands!" And so this scenario went on-and-on as we became
familiarized with the complexities of the game as it proceeded.
Eventually, though we got wind of what
was going on. "Gee, guys, do you think he is doing this so that he can win?" we
thought. "Is this nut doing his own thing -- making up the rules to allow him to do
whatever he wants?"
With this revelation in our hip pocket,
the jig was up. The boy lost his credibility. You see, since he refused to acknowledge
that there was one set of rules to abide by, it was determined that he should have nothing
to say about them at all. His opinion was worthless, for it was founded upon his own
desires rather than any particular authority.
This is exactly what the stance is for
the modernist today who insists that there are no black-and-whites. They are "doing
their own thing" -- and by the virtue of that one fact, they have made themselves by
their own definition incapable of coming up with moral judgments.
.
. . And yet they continue to do exactly that. They make value judgments on the Biblical
Christian who asserts emphatically that the ungodly are sinners.
But who in the situation is in a
position to make a judgment call: the one who quotes a higher authority and insists that
it is the only moral right for all mankind, or the one who contends morality is an
individual matter?
The modernists insist that it is their
"right" to judge and evaluate any group of people or past national hero they
desire. They uphold the contention that abortion and homosexuality are OK, that there is
nothing wrong with open and free sex, that the one who believes there is a difference in
the sexes is a chauvinist pig, that the rich are filled with greed, that riots are OK when
done in the name of "social injustice" in an "unfair" capitalistic
system that "favors" a few, and so on and so on. Yet if their judgment by their
own definition is no more than a "differing opinion" then of what value is it?
The answer is: absolutely none.
If you want someone to fix your car, you
won't to take it to a lawyer. If you need brain surgery, you would shun at consulting a
television repair man. So why is it that it is the a-moralist, who contends there are no
absolutes, that society approaches to find out the answers in moral decisions?
To find the answers for those daily
situations that are far less important than the future of our society, we consult an
expert in the field. Yet we go to someone who has designated himself a know nothing to
tell us about such the subjects as religion, morality, and values.
Rather than doing this, the prudent one
should proceed to an expert; the one Western Society has looked to for moral guidance from
its beginning -- the man of The Word who has proved himself to be obedient to God's
commands. He is the one capable of performing the brain surgery that Americans are so
desperately in need of at this very hour.
So, if you happen to be one of those
a-moralists -- one of those who deny the presence of absolutes -- then you might consider
that reading on is the choice that is most consistent with your position! You will then
have the opportunity to hear the multitude of voices of the past: those who made
Christianity into the religion that has dominated Western civilization for two thousand
years. You will be seeing how God has interacted with man during the course of his stay on
earth, and how the truth of God's principles of LAW and its consequences has been
consistently maintained throughout the course of history.
You will experience the Word of the One
who is the foremost expert of all. He is the Creator who wrote the book on morality.
Listen, and discover truth.
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Don Wigton
is a graduate of the prestigious music department at CSULB where he studied under Frank
Pooler, lyricist of Merry Christmas Darling, and sang in Pooler’s world renown
University Choir alongside Karen and Richard Carpenter. During this time Don was also the
lead composer of the band, Clovis Putney, that won the celebrated Hollywood Battle of the
Bands. After giving his life to God, Don began attending Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa to
study under some of the most prominent early Maranatha! musicians. Subsequently he toured
the Western United States with Jedidiah in association with Myrrh Records.
Eventually
Don served as a pastor at Calvary Chapel Bakersfield to witness thousands of salvations
through that ministry. As the music/concert director, Don worked for seven years with most
major Christian artist of that time while producing evangelical concerts attended by
thousands of young people seeking after God. Don’s Calvary Chapel Praise Choir
released the album Let All Who Hath Breath Praise the Lord on the Maranatha! label.
The next
years of Don’s life were spent as the praise leader of First Baptist Church in Bakersfield
during a time of unprecedented church renewal. Don teamed with the leadership to
successfully meld the old with the new through a period of tremendous church growth.
During this exciting time, Don’s praise team, Selah, produced the CD Stop and
Think About It.
Today Don is
the leading force behind Wigtune Company. This
webbased project located at www.praisesong.net has provided several million downloads of
Don’s music and hymn arrangements to tens of thousands of Christian organizations
throughout the world. More music can be found at Don's Southern
Cross Band website at www.socrossband.com.
The book Holy
Wars represents Don’s most recent effort to bless the church with biblical
instruction and direction in praise and worship. This heartfelt volume is an offering not
only to God’s people, but also to God Himself.
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